Review: Fertility Stress, Hospital Depression and Anxiety, Resilience, and Hope among Infertile Women Patients

Abstract

Infertility, be named the third major disease endangering human health, has become a global concern in the 21st century point problem. The incidence of depressive and anxious symptoms in infertile women was 23.94% to 35.73%, and that of severe depression was 11.6%. They are under a lot of fertility pressure. This paper reviewed the relevant literature since 2015 to review the fertility stress, hospital depression and anxiety, social support, mental resilience and hope level status of infertile women, and discussed their relationships to provide evidence for intervention strategies.